This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: セイ、ショウ、なまぐさ.い
Romaji: sei, shō, namagusa.i
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

bloody, smelling of fish, raw smelling

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  130
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-4-9
Korean Reading:  seong
Chinese Reading:  xing1
Unicode:  8165
JIS:  6729

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3794
New Nelson Index: 4845
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4b9.7
Four Corner Index: 7621.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 29678
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0340

Words

生臭 (なまぐさ)
something that smells of fish or blood; meat and fish; degenerate monk; corrupt priest
生臭い (なまぐさい)
smelling of fish; fishy; smelling of blood; bloody; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; corrupt; fallen; worldly; mundane; secular; common; ordinary; fishy; suspicious; questionable
血なまぐさい (ちなまぐさい)
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
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